1997 President's Cup – Singles
# 1997 President's Cup – Singles

The 1997 Tashkent Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, part of the 1997 ATP Tour, and was held from September 8 to September 15.

Tim Henman defeated Marc Rosset $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–4 in the final to secure the title.

## Seeds

The text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
* Tim Henman (champion)
* Marc Rosset (final)
* Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Hicham Arazi (quarterfinals)
* Francisco Clavet (semifinals)
* Nicolas Kiefer (first round)
* Vincent Spadea (quarterfinals)

## Draws

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | |
| 3 | Marc Rosset | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | 3 | Marc Rosset | $6^2$ | 4 |
| 6 | Francisco Clavet | 3 | 5 | | WC/2 | Tim Henman | $7^7$ | 6 |
| WC/2 | Tim Henman | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Tomashevich | 4 | 2 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Caratti | 4 | 2 | | Q | N Welgreen | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Welgreen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Heuberger | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | Q | A Stoliarov | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 6 | 7 | | | O Ogorodov | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Stoliarov | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | Q | A Stoliarov | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC/7 | N Kiefer | 4 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | $6^5$ | 2 |
| 3 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Rosset | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | A Cherkasov | 4 | 2 | | 3 | M Rosset | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Merinov | 4 | 3 | | | V Santopadre | 3 | $7^8$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Santopadre | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Sabău | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | H Arazi | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Koubek | 6 | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Delgado | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | H Arazi | 3 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | H Arazi | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Cañas | 3 | 3 | | 6 | F Clavet | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Erlich | 7 | 7 | | | E Erlich | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Makhkamov | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Weidenfeld | $7^9$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | J Sánchez | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Pavel | $6^7$ | 6 | 6 | | A Pavel | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 2 | 0 | | 4 | J Sánchez | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | F Clavet | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | V Spadea | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC/2 | T Henman | 6 | 7 |
| | S Campbell | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | V Spadea | 7 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Ran | 6 | 6 | | | E Ran | 5 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | V Spadea | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Volkov | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | WC/2 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 4 | 6 | 3 | | A Volkov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Champion | 4 | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | WC/2 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC/2 | T Henman | 6 | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
